SA Consortium General Textiles v Sun and Sand Agencies Ltd

Subject Matter

CONFLICT OF LAWS — Foreign judgment — Act of 1933 — French sellers' claim on English merchants — Contracts giving exclusive jurisdiction to two French courts — Merchants' reference to jurisdiction term — Judgment in default on all claims in one French court — Technical defect in notification of judgment — Appeal out of time from judgment — Whether merchants “agreed … to submit” to French court's jurisdiction — Whether “resistance abusive” award “fine or … penalty” — Whether judgment to be registered — Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933, ss 1 (2) (b), 2 (1) (b) (5), 4 (1) (a) (ii) (v), 4 (2) (a) (i) (iii), 5 (1)

[1978] QB 279; [1978] 2 WLR 1

Commentary

Blackstones Civil Practice 2023
Common Law - Foreign court must have had jurisdiction over the defendant 80.3